This would literally be the only band related title I'd consider. Not only have they been around for 50+ years, they still sell out stadiums. Bring Stanley Mouse on board to do the artwork, and the possibilities are limitless.

That has potential. I'd rather see an original table though. You could have all sorts of cool gimmicks....

- The Dark Star multiball where all of the GI goes out and the game is lit with blacklight (and glowing balls)
- The "Wishing well with a golden bell" hole.
- The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion (say, a mini playfield that can only be accessed in a certain mode)
- The "Phil Zone" with subwoofers and shakers ablaze
- The "miracle ticket" ball save
- A JJP style led "backglass" that can play video clips and the like, but otherwise shows the "lava lamp" effect that they used in early shows.
- a "pigpen" mode
- The "Ship of Fools" playfield toy
- Collect up all of the members of the band for an "Uncle John's Band" mode
- The "Let it Grow" jackpot mode

The possibilities are literally limitless.

and I like your idea of touring... you could stack up cities a bit like an Addams Family mansion tour.

Elvis was performing on Ed Sullivan while the Beatles were still in grade school.

With some of the bands you guys are suggesting, I'm not sure if you're really serious or making a joke.

Not sure if serious. I doubt it would sell more than a handful of copies. I mean, it's not embarassing to admit you'd been a fan of them like they were Huey Lewis, Rush, Ratt, or somesuch, but even at their peak, they really weren't all that popular.

Rather than dedicated pins for 80s bands that no one cares about, maybe a collection game of 1 hit wonders would be more in order...

I vehemently and wholeheartedly disagree. They were kitschy, and fun and all of that, but in the big picture, there were literally dozens of bands who were more important and influential. They just weren't that important in the big picture.

I agree that most of the bands who have has pins made were pretty awful. I disagree that the Ramones are so influential.

NY Dolls, the Stooges, Devo, etc...all preceded the Ramones and were at least equally influential.

No, no... when you lose a ball, or lose a multiball without a jackpot, you could be subjected to her out of tune caturwauling!

YES!

I can see the features now:

- The Mush Mouth multiball
- Do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do mode
- The fake working man multiball
- Around the holidays, the special "horrible Christmas music" mode will be activated.
- "Mumble mumble New Jersey" mode.
- The "outrageous hypocrite" mode
etc. etc.

Of course, it will cost $4 a game. $3.90 of that will go to Bruce, and the other $.10 gets divided up between all of the other members of the band.

Edit: And there's no way to set the game to free play.

Of course! I also forgot "Fake Patriot" and "Yoko isn't the only untalented wife" modes.

You're entitled to be as wrong as you want to be.

Either way, if they sold pins proportional to the number of albums they sold, it would be a massive money loser for Stern. Of course, almost all of the bands people have talked about in this thread aren't "worthy" of a pin.

Makes a lot more sense than most of the bands listed in this thread. Biggest problem with it is that his hits were 50+ years ago. Not a way to encourage younger people to get into the hobby.

I like them, but they stole far more music than they created on their own... (and stole almost all of the stuff you'd know from the radio).

Seriously? I haven't known anyone who was a fan since the early 80s.

I wasn't making a joke. It's been at least 25 years since I've known anyone who listened to Iron Maiden-- and he smelled a little funny and lived in the basement next to the hot water heater.

20+ years ago, I was the program director at the only hard rock & metal station in town. We played Metallica. We played Pantera. We played Deep Purple. We played Sabbath, Judas Priest, and all of the other classics. We didn't have a single Iron Maiden recording in the building-- they were considered corny and outdated even back then.

Another band that hasn't been relevant in decades.

I don't disagree, but that movie is culturally iconic. People who still profess to be GNR fans are generally laughed at and seen as wierdos.

I can't stand Aerosmith, I absolutely loathe Kiss... but you can't possibly be suggesting that the Ramones, Iron Maiden, Guns and Roses, or any of the plethora of other bands mentioned in this thread have more selling power than Aerosmith or Kiss.

Two... everyone remembers Radar Love, but forgets their other hit: